No words...

It would be cool if there was a tool that could bulk [redacted]. That seems like a very Nostr thing.

> Stick the institutions with the bad debt

Fair, but not legal without some kind of justification. If it could be argued that the institution committed fraud against the student by promising them a job, then that could be the ill-gotten gains, and then it's legal.

But this is all a bunch of complex hoops to jump through, and of course every judge will automatically say the institutions are angels, because of course they will...

So hunting down the (mostly Democrat) students and squeezing it out of them is the most accessible option for the moment, and it doesn't require any special approval...

I'm a proponent of abolishing special classes of debt that can't be discharged through bankruptcy. Do that and you've already fixed 90% of the problem.

It's insane to me that the Epstein files are used as a political football by both parties, as well as the voter base of both parties. "Look! Clinton is in the files!" says the red shirt. "Look! Trump is in the files!" says the blue shirt.

It shouldn't matter. Unspeakable things were done to underage girls (and boys) over a long period of time. Incredibly powerful people were (and are) involved. Politicians are implicated across the aisle, obviously, as are three-letter agencies. Some of the kids are ~5yrs old. Some of the photos show toddlers. What the fuck? "Disgusting" doesn't even begin to describe the situation. How broken is the current landscape if the only lens this is viewed through is the political lens?

One thing is worth remembering, however. It used to be a "conspiracy theory". Only a few months ago, talking heads and politicians would try to convince the public that there's no such thing as the Epstein files. Some high-ranking officials said as much under oath, even. What happened to perjury? Is it just a fancy word in today's day and age? I doubt that anyone will go to jail (except to commit "suicide"). And while perjury is a severe crime by most standards, it pales in comparison to what must have happened on the so-called "Lolita Express" that travelled so often to the "Virgin Islands". Oh, how funny. All these names. It would be comical if it wouldn't be so sad. Diabolical, even.

U.S. politics is a joke. The idea of justice as well as the legal system increasingly feels like a joke too. Innocent people are being jailed. Corrupt politicians and other officials are roaming free, because ... what? They are too powerful? Too influential? The system would destabilize too much if things would come to light?

Justitia holds a balance and a sword for a reason, and she wears a blindfold for a reason too. Today's reincarnation has no sword, no blindfold, and the balance she holds is obviously NOT using honest weights and measures.

What a laughable attempt at "transparency". I would laugh if it wouldn't be so horribly, horribly sad.

this is just a shitty infographic lol

go outside and check yourself, they are exactly the same size

More than quantum threats and even more than spam, I am concerned about the lack of interest in Bitcoin privacy.

However, as you know, without privacy there is no freedom and so on.

That said, it's also worth studying what Signal or SimpleX have done with regard to quantum computing. It's all about assessing the risk-benefit ratio, which is obviously not the same in Bitcoin as it is in Signal.

Just another drama, while the bad guys continue to win day after day, as the world gets worse and worse and Bitcoin has failed to solve anything (and neither has Monero 😂).

Culture is downstream of elite behavior. And elite behavior is downstream of incentives. And incentives are downstream of money.

It always comes back to the money.

Be worried about people who wants to show their high morals and who wants's force it upon you.

Connect with people who are able to put them self in the place of others. Empathy is the difference between an NPC and a human.

on top of that, who will provide the materials necessary to build these robots? Who will provide the capital? What incentive will either of those parties have to do so?

What incentive will the companies building these robots have to give away the labor of the robots?

Elon has said that he believes money will be irrelevant because of robots. But applying any level of critical thought to that makes one realize it’s a completely ludicrous claim. I can’t help but figure he says this shit to try to get people to believe it will happen and consent to stuff they never would otherwise. It’s just utopian nonsense.

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-THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE-

'Why I Am So Clever' by Friedrich Nietzsche is a sharp, bold, and deeply personal look into the mind of one of philosophy’s most fearless thinkers.

In this essay, Nietzsche doesn’t just talk about intelligence — he explores how he became himself. He speaks about his habits, his solitude, his love of clarity, and his refusal to follow the crowd. For him, being “clever” isn’t about knowledge — it’s about understanding one’s own instincts, body, and mind.

He rejects comfort, routine, and blind obedience. Instead, he celebrates creativity, independence, and the courage to think differently. Every line feels like a challenge to live more truthfully and to stop pretending for society’s approval.

It’s not arrogance — it’s a declaration of freedom. Nietzsche shows that true cleverness is knowing yourself so completely that no one else can define you.

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Fucking bonkers that our collective response to 9-11 was to bring more of them here

What is your group's position on Zionist rule over Palestine, over the American mass media, and over the American Congress?

"A country of immigrants" is one of the most if not THE most damaging phrase(s) that's ever been conjured up in the existence of mankind.

YOU CAN THANK THE ADL AND JOHN F. KENNEDY FOR IT.

From the World Liberty Congress, we unequivocally condemn the cruelty committed by the Maduro regime in the case of Alfredito Díaz, a former governor and political prisoner whose death in custody reflects the regime’s ongoing brutality. Denied the medical attention he desperately needed, Díaz was left to die inside El Helicoide, the biggest torture center in Latin America.

His death is a stark reminder of the systemic abuses suffered by countless political detainees. We urge the international community to demand the immediate release of all political prisoners in Venezuela and around the world, and to stand firm in defending human rights, freedom, and justice worldwide.

Permanence has weight.

On Twitter, you could delete. On Instagram, stories disappeared. But every note you sign on Nostr is forever. Not “cloud storage forever.” Cryptographically signed, distributed across relays, permanently archived forever.

This isn’t social media. It’s testimony.

Future anthropologists won’t just find our monuments. They’ll find our Tuesdays. Our arguments about nothing. Our moments of brilliance and stupidity, all time-stamped and searchable. Your great grandchildren won’t wonder who you were. They’ll know exactly.

And here’s what breaks my brain: I can’t decide if this makes me want to post more carefully or more honestly. If permanence demands performance or authenticity. If being remembered forever means I should be more thoughtful or just more real.

Maybe the weight of permanence isn’t about posting better takes. Maybe it’s about living a life you’d want preserved.

The protocol doesn’t judge. But everyone who comes after will.

Are you posting like an ancestor or like the timeline will forget?

Because it won’t.

Interesting to hear Kevin. I sometimes wonder how it would be to live closer to equator, I suspect I might find it boring. But still it get more and more tempting to try as I get older.

It still a couple of months with shorter and shorter days here in Norway. Its kind of wierd seeing the sunset on my way home from work, but i love dramatic shifts in seasons here.

What’s your price?

10 million? 20? 100?

If it’s anything less than your life, you’re a liability.

In small unit teams, you didn’t stack up with operators who could be bought. We couldn’t afford to. One compromised man in the stack gets everyone killed.

Same principle applies to intellectual warfare. To standing on truth in a culture that weaponizes comfort against conviction.

The adversary doesn’t need to defeat you. They just need to price you. Find the number where you’ll compromise. The threat where you’ll go quiet. The pressure point where principle becomes negotiable.

If you’re going to be a truth teller, understand what you’re signing up for. This isn’t activism. It’s not commentary. It’s a lifetime contract with reality that most men refuse to sign.

Because reality has requirements. It demands you become the kind of person who cannot be moved. Cannot be bought. Cannot be threatened into silence.

Your commitment level determines your threat profile. If you can be compromised, you will be compromised.

The enemy operates on multiple vectors: financial, legal, social, spiritual. They’ll find your weakness. They’ll exploit the gap. They’ll pay your price or make you pay theirs.

Real conviction costs everything. No exit strategy. No insurance policy. No price tag.

You go spiritual real fast when you realize most people around you are for sale. When you understand that truth telling in a corrupt system makes you the target.

This is why integrity isn’t a virtue, it’s a weapon system. Uncompromising conviction is your only defense against a world designed to make you flinch.

Most men live their entire lives without testing their principles against real consequence. They mistake comfort for conviction. They confuse opinions for truths worth dying for.

But if you choose to stand, to speak, to be unmovable in the face of consequence, you’ll find out what you’re made of fast.

The question isn’t whether you’ll face opposition. The question is what you’ll do when the cost of truth exceeds what you thought you were willing to pay.

That’s when you find out if you’re an operator or a tourist.

Bitcoin fixes this: